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One of the most exciting, and most frightening time for a team that is launching a startup is when it is time to pitch your products or services to potential investors. In fact, it is a bit like presenting your baby to the outside world and hoping everybody loves it […]

Learning the basics of investing isn’t all that difficult. You’re determined be smart about your investing decisions, you’ve done the research, you’ve learned about the different types of investments you can make, and you’re ready to stop learning and start acting. What do you do first? How do you protect […]

HBAN, the Halo Business Angel Network, is hosting an “Introduction to Business Angel Investing” a series of informal talks taking place across the country for all new and potential Business Angels commencing in Cork on 30th April. The seminars will be short briefings lasting approx 1hr, during which attendees will hear insights from leading Irish business angels on their experiences, the benefits of investing in a syndicate, the risks and rewards of business angel investing and finally they will have the opportunity to network with like minded individuals from the region.
This seminar will be of interest to individuals who are new to business angel investing, as well as those who are already active independent investors and have an interest in finding out more about angel investment and investing as part of a syndicate.

Registration is free but places are limited so please email sarah@hban.org or call 01 669 8525 to register your interest to attend.

The fourteenth InterTradeIreland annual Venture Capital Conference returns to Dublin. Once again bringing together in one room for one day the island’s new and growing companies seeking investment along with all of the funds and individuals on the island with money to invest. Responding to delegate feedback the organisers have extended the time available for companies to network with investors hence the conference theme.

The 2015 Chartered Accountants Ireland dinner will be a celebration of Chartered Accountants’ roles across the island of Ireland and will be addressed by former statesman John Bruton, and rugby legend Willie-John McBride. The event will be a gathering of top decision makers and influencers in business and finance. It will present a superb opportunity to build teams, cement client relationships and meet fellow business leaders.

Interest rates are at or near all-time lows throughout the developed world. These low levels of interest rates reflect the policies of central banks that want to discourage saving money and encourage the borrowing and spending of it. The objective of course is the stimulation of the global economy. In […]

There are so many different situations in which business managers try to do all that they can in order to move their business online but that rarely ever happens. The truth is that it is quite difficult to do so because you most likely do not actually know what steps […]

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